Latin Empire

The Latin Empire, also known as "Empire of Romania" which was commonly known in history, Latin Empire, or Latin Empire of Constantinople was a feudal christian monarchy owned by the Fourth Crusaders.

HISTORY
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, was crowned the first Latin emperor as Baldwin I on 16 May 1204. The Latin Empire failed to attain political or economic dominance over the other Latin powers that had been established in former Byzantine territories in the wake of the Fourth Crusade, especially Venice, and after a short initial period of military successes it went into a steady decline. Weakened by constant warfare with the Bulgarians and the unconquered sections of the empire, it eventually fell when Byzantines recaptured Constantinople under Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261. The last Latin emperor, Baldwin II, went into exile, but the imperial title survived, with severalpretenders to it, until the 14th century.